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Critics are divided almost equally about the merits of Contraband , the new thriller starring Mark Wahlburg as a retired smuggler forced to return to his old business again. On the one hand, there's Roger...

Steven Spielberg experiences "torture" as a director.The Oscar-winning filmmaker - who has created classic movies including 'E.T.', 'Jaws' and 'Schindler's List' - admits he loves the process of creating a film, and does not believe...

Roberto Cavalli will be among the honourees at the forthcoming amfAR New York Gala.The Italian fashion designer, Chopard co-president Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele and Goldman Sachs partner R. Martin Chavez will pick up Awards of Courage in...

In one fell swoop, China's broadcasters have axed more than two-thirds of primetime entertainment shows to comply with new government regulations limiting the number of entertainment programs any broadcaster airs to two each week that...

News International, the unit of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp that oversees his British news operations, has reportedly added £80 million ($124 million) to the kitty it had set up to settle invasion-of-privacy lawsuits arising from...

Emma Watson and Justin Bieber had the most influential haircuts of 2011.The 'Harry Potter' actress' pixie crop and the 'Never Say Never' hitmaker's 'swish' style have been hugely popular with fans over the past 12...

Adding to recent speculation that Apple is developing its own branded television set that would respond to voice commands, the Wall Street Journal reported today (Monday) that the company is also looking to include technology...

Tom Cruise, who had been getting a lot of bad press in recent years for everything from jumping on Oprah's sofa to touting the supposed benefits of Scientology, is finally receiving some printed praise again,...

Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan writes in his review of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy that its director, Tomas Alfredson, "has come up with a film that is endlessly rich in incident, atmosphere and personality,...

Hollywood star Zachary Quinto was worried his financial film Margin Call would fail to attract investors because of potential comparisons to the Wall Street sequel.The Star Trek actor makes his producing debut with the drama,...

Nielsen Media Research on Monday revised its findings about the size of the kids TV audience. Last week it said that while television viewing by kids 2-12 was up 1.7 percent, the audience for Viacom's...

When Viacom released its third-quarter results earlier this month, CEO Philippe Dauman described a steady loss of viewers at its Nickelodeon kids channel as "inexplicable." Now new data from Nielsen Research showing a 1.7 percent...

Gary Oldman will "revisit" his role as George Smiley in a 'Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy' sequel. The British actor - who was honoured at the Gotham Independent Film Awards with a special tribute prize last...

Michael Lohan has been hospitalised.The showbiz patriarch - who is the father of troubled actress Lindsay Lohan - will undergo heart surgery today (25.11.11) after he was rushed to Lee memorial Hospital in Ft. Myers,...

Netflix, which has been sharply criticized by some analysts for taking on content deals that threaten to break its back financially, is taking on another one. This time it's the revival of the long-ago-canceled comedy...

Aiming to whip up flagging interest in the National Pastime and simultaneously boost TV revenue, Major League Baseball is planning to introduce additional play-off games next season in which one more wild-card team will be...

Seeming to be courting controversy, the producers of America's Got Talent are in "serious negotiations" to replace Piers Morgan with Howard Stern as a judge on the talent contest, the Wall Street Journal reported today...

Howard Stern is reportedly in "serious negotiations" with NBC about being a judge on 'America's Got Talent'.The radio host is thought to be discussing the possibility of replacing former panellist Piers Morgan on the panel...

Howard Stern is in talks to be a judge on 'America's Got Talent'.The radio host is said to be in "serious negotiations" with network NBC to replace Piers Morgan - who announce dhis departure earlier...

The critics all seem to agree, the premise of In Time , the sci-fi movie starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried, is intriguing. It concerns a future time when time is literally money -- when...

Michael Douglas will "never forget" the moment he was diagnosed with throat cancer. The Oscar-winning actor was told he had stage IV throat cancer in August 2010, eight months after he first complained of soreness...

Investors and analysts appear to have revised their view of CBS Corp. as the media conglomerate most exposed to the threat of another economic downturn. In the past Wall Street forecasters have generally warned that...

In a deal that will likely enhance IMAX's big-screen digital technology and expand its operations while averting the collapse of the 131-year-old Eastman Kodak Company, IMAX has agreed to pay Kodak an upfront fee believed...

CalPERS, the nation's largest public pension fund, is joining other large investors in News Corp that are calling for the ouster of Rupert Murdoch and his sons James and Lachlan from the company's board of...

Unable to find a buyer willing to pay anything close to their asking price, the owners of the TV video site Hulu have announced their "decision to terminate the Hulu sale process." The bickering owners...